The Forgotten Slayer-Chapter 9: Power

Not wishing to die... again, Clyde got off of his knees just before one of the three beast caught him. Each of them was wielding a different weapon. The one whose strike Clyde barely dodged was equipped with a Halbard. As the Minotaur struck the ground where Clyde was just at its halbard got stuck in the ground.

Taking this opportunity, Clyde attempted to catch the Minotaur off guard. Instinctively he reached for his weapon forgetting he was defenseless. This moment costed him as the second Minotaur rushed into the fight. Equipped with a spear the Minotaur tried to impale Clyde. The spear was coming in so fast and with no time to react Clyde was sure he was getting hit. To his immeadite suprised he didn't feel anything.

Looking down the spear was thrusted into the hole in his chest. Just as swiftly as the strike was initially, the Minotaur tightened his grab on the spear and pulled upward with such a force that Clyde became undone with the spear and was sent flying into the air. His eyes widened as he noticed the third Minotaur preparing to unleash an arrow into him. Unable to move at all in the air, he braced himself the best he could.

Once released from the string, the arrow made it way toward Clyde's head.

'Can't exactly brace for this one!'

Time seemed to slow down around him. The arrow was a breath away from his eyes. Clyde noticed he could move freely, and grabbed the arrow with his hand. When he moved the arrow, a trail of static was seen following its movements. Additionaly, Clyde was still slowly moving upwards, while the Minotaurs were not moving at all. If they were it must have been incredibly slow.

After what was around ten seconds of perceived time from Clyde, the world sped up once more.

'What the hell!'

All three Minotaurs were noticeably confused by what just happened. Considering their teamwork they were used to the way combat flowed in each others company.

What comes up comes down. And Clyde was coming down fast.

A crazy idea popped up in his head and there was no reason not to follow through.

As Clyde was coming down with the laws of inertia on his side, he prepared to drive the arrow in his hand into one of the Minotaurs below him. This was easier said than done because the spear user seemed to understand what he was attempting to do.

The spear was directly in Clyde's path of descent. Fortunately the beast was able to get his halbard unstuck, but in the process of pulling up on the weapon it knocked the spear out of the way. With a straight shot Clyde put all of his strength into driving this arrow downward. To his great surprise he did not hit the Minotaur in the body, instead the arrow struck into the head of the beast sending it to the ground alongside its halbard.

Before Clyde could feel excitement, he approached the ground himself rolling into a standing position. Turning around the other two Minotaurs were fueled by rage. As the bow user was reaching for a second arrow, the spear user was charging.

Now that it was a two on one things would be more manageable, not to mention that the element of surprise was gone.

Of course Clyde would not deny another miracle occurring like it did earlier. There was still no time to think about what happened as the spear user was already ready to attack.

As the spear was thrusted, Clyde allocated energy to his leg side stepping out of the way.

Jumping toward the Minotaur, Clyde struck its chest with his fist. As he connected a spark ignited between the fist and body.

The Minotaur let out a nasty scream and dropped its weapon.

If Clyde wasn't so bewildered by what occurred he would notice that his the skin on his knuckles were burnt off from the friction of that one clash.

Collapsing on its legs, Clyde was about to strike it in the head this time with his left hand. Before that happened he heard the bowstring release once again.

This time, no miracle occurred.

The arrow hit Clyde's left shoulder while he was in the motion of attacking the spear user.

The pain was blinding. The spear user took this opportunity to regain its stance. With its weapon of choice on the ground it made a move choosing itself as the weapon.

The air became heavy.

Pulling both of its arm back, it began to swing them forward in an attempt to crush Clyde.

Despite having barely anytime to react, he crouched down just before the fist connected to his head.

The sound of the clash made Clyde's ears ring.

'My turn now.'

Ripping the arrow from his shoulder with his right hand, using adrenaline Clyde dashed forward and jabbed the arrow into its knees with as much force as he could muster.

The Minotaur fell onto its back. On his way to finish the beast, Clyde remembered the third Minotaur.

It was nowhere to be found.

'Perhaps it ran.'

With no time to waste Clyde positioned himself behind the head of the Minotaur and promptly snapped its neck.

"What the hell kind of trial is this!"

Now he finally had a chance to catch his breath.... well if could breathe. Unfortunately the pain in his shoulder had caught up with him. He would allow himself to pass out if he was sure the other Minotaur was out of the picture, but for now he needed to move forward.

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The question is where would he go? There wasn't exactly a manual to a trial.

'Trial of the surge... what a strange name.'

Reviewing the fight he thought about the strange occurrences.

Static. Friction.

He looked down at his hand seeing the state of its skin.

'How could a corpse even feel pain anyway?'

All of the sudden his body rapidly began to reconstruct itself.

[Repairment Complete.]

[Two Beast Slain, One Fled]

[Score 7/10]

All of these strange voices in his head were overwhelming.

'I need to get out of this trial'

After a moment the voice let out another statement.

[Unworthy]

[Try Again?]

"Why the hell would I do that again, no thanks."

[Are You Sure? Death Is The Next Alternative.]

"Ok I'll try again! Why didn't you say that the first time."

'I guess I need to prove my worth to pass the trial. A seven out of ten is average though. I might be here awhile.'

The world around Clyde fell out of view replaced by a sea of sand.